Rhabdomyolysis Following Bariatric Surgery
December 2007
by Pedro Paulo Tanaka, MD and Jay B. Brodsky, MD
Dr. Tanaka is Visiting Associate Professor (Anesthesia), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Associate Professor (Anesthesia), Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; and Dr. Brodsky is Professor (Anesthesia), Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Therapists in Search of a Treatment Model: Adapting a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model for Eating Disorders to a Bariatric Surgery Population
December 2007
by Merle C. Goldberg, LCSW; and Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD
Merle Goldberg is in private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, and is co-author of Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right For You and My Thin Excuse: Understanding, Recognizing and Overcoming Eating Disorders. Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD, is with Southeast Psychological Services in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Exploring the Use of Mindful Eating Training in the Bariatric Population
December 2007
by Terri Bly, PsyD; Megrette Fletcher Hammond, MEd, RD, CDE; Roger Thomson, PhD; and Paul Bagdade, PhD
Terri Elofson Bly, PsyD, conducts preoperative psychological assessments for surgical weight loss programs in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and leads several monthly bariatric support groups.
Megrette Fletcher Hammond, MEd, RD, CDE, is a registered dietitian and diabetes educator at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH, and Executive Director of the Center for Mindful Eating (www.tcme.org).
Roger Thomson, PhD, is on the faculty of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and is Co-director of Integrative Health Partners, a practice group that offers mindfulness-informed psychotherapy and courses in mindful eating. He can be reached through www.integrativehealthpartners.org.
Paul Bagdade, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and Director of Behavioral Health at HealthEast Bariatric Care in St. Paul, MN, and practices at Northwest Psychology Consultants.
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Slim the Italian Way: A Weight Loss Surgeon’s Guide to Losing Weight
December 2007
Reviewed by Liz Goldenberg MPH, RD, CDN
Liz is with NY Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York
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